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In a globalized world, one application can spread like wildfire and there's only one winning company, which means you have to invest more than you've ever had.
Douglas Leone
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The trick is, a market has to be nonexistent when you start. If the market is large early on, you will have too many competitors. You have to make it large.
StartYouEarlyWillMarketLarge
We work as a team. I think having the individual being shown as a star actually creates problems internally. We encourage all our investors to work as a team for the benefit of the founders.
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Raise as little as you can to get you to something that you can show - plus maybe a quarter or two so you have a little bit of cushion - and then raise some more money. Raise as little - not as much - as you can because that's the most expensive equity you're going to sell.
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The venture industry is both quite vibrant and quite competitive.
CompetitiveIndustryVentureQuite
You meet with a CEO or founder. You talk about sales, engineering, product management and give some ideas or suggestions. And the founder quickly understands that you really can help them both operationally and from a strategic standpoint.
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We've tried to build Sequoia Capital with an eye for the long term that we really look for in the companies we like to partner with.
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Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our names in the press.
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We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.
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There's a number of companies clearly that we wish we had invested in either at the early or at the moderate stage.
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A tremendous chief executive in a small market will never be great. All great companies start with great markets.
GreatSmallStartWillNeverMarket
If you choose a market that already exists, say, networking equipment, you have to compete with an established company like Cisco. Even if your product is marginally better, Cisco can fudge it and outsell you.
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